File photoSusan Kolb and her South African Boerboels, Jumba and Imani, at the park at Greene and Essex streets in Jersey City. The dogs' fate will be decided in municipal court while Kolb faces charges in Superior Court.

The Jersey City woman whose South African Boerboels were accused in several vicious attacks pleaded not guilty today in Hudson County Superior Court to charges she violated a court order to send the dogs to California.

Also, the judge remanded the charges against the dogs under the vicious dogs statute to Jersey City Municipal Court. The municipal court could decide to euthanize the dogs.

"There will be a trial there as to the fate of these two dogs," Hudson County Superior Court Judge Kevin Callahan told Susan Kolb, 60, today of the trial under the state Vicious Dog Law that will now proceed in Jersey City Municipal Court.

After a series of attacks in 2008 and 2009 which sent four people to the hospital, Jersey City officials impounded the dogs under the state's Vicious Dog Law and they faced being euthanized. Kolb, of Sheffield Street, went to trial to defend the dogs and as part of an agreement reached with the city on May 15, 2009, she promised in court send them out of state.

But in January Jersey City police got a 911 call from Kolb's neighbor saying Kolb's husband was being attacked by the two dogs. Jersey City Animal Control investigated and the city municipal court issued a search and seizure warrant for the Kolb residence.

On Jan. 28, police executed the warrant and seized the dogs, Jumba and Imani, and arrested Kolb on warrants for unpaid municipal court fines, officials said. She was then charged with criminal contempt. The dogs weigh 160 and 100 pounds respectively.

Proceedings in municipal court were being held pending the presentation to a grand jury in Superior Court. This morning Hudson County Prosecutor Leo Hernandez released the Vicious Dog Law aspects of the case back to municipal court, where a trial is expected to be expedited.

Kolb faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted of the criminal charge in Superior Court and the next hearing in the matter is set for July 6 before Callahan. Kolb and her attorney had no comment after today's hearing.